Section: News & Summaries

Despite great challenges and political tensions in Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada adopts revolutionary decisions for reforming the country, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy said during a meeting with U.S. State Secretary John Kerry on Thursday.”Quite recently, the parliament has passed amendments on the reform of the...

Five Dallas police officers have been killed and six wounded by sniper fire during protests against the shooting of black men by police, authorities say, according to the BBC`s updated information.Five Dallas police officers have been killed and six wounded by sniper fire during protests against the shooting of black men by police, authorities...

The United States will maintain an open-door policy for membership in the Alliance if Ukraine is ready to join it, but it is too early to talk about it, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in Kyiv during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”The United States stands by our...

In accordance with the agreements on international technical assistance, the U.S. Government transferred technical equipment, software, and office furniture to Ukraine`s newly-created anti-corruption watchdog, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU).”Within the framework of the project titled ”Capacity development of the newly established...

Ukraine`s major state-owned arms manufacturer Ukroboronprom has handed over 1,067 items of weapons and military equipment to the Ukrainian army since the beginning of the year, the company`s press service reported.The Ukrainian military have received 646 units of new and upgraded machines, including rocket and artillery weapons, missiles and...

The sanctions imposed on Russia by the U.S. and other western powers will remain in place if Moscow fails to resolve the situation in Donbas and Crimea, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stated at a joint presser with Ukraine`s president Petro Poroshenko in Kyiv, Ukraine Today reported.”So, make no mistake, if Russia chooses the path of...

The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked the Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 56 times in the past 24 hours, using banned weapons, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.”In the Donetsk sector, 30 episodes of enemy shelling were reported. The occupiers fired 122mm artillery systems on...

The summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to be held July 8-9 in Poland`s capital Warsaw NATO comes at a defining moment for the security of the Alliance while Ukraine delegation will take part in a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Commission Saturday.This is the 27th summit of heads of state and government of the Allied states and the...

As demonstrators peacefully marched across the United States in protest against the police shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, the protests in Dallas, Texas, were abruptly interrupted by gunfire, according to media reports.Dallas police say four officers have died after at...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says that there is the ability in short order to begin the process of the full implementation of the Minsk peace agreements on Donbas, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”Without excessive optimism, with a pure note of reality, I am convinced that in the time left there`s the ability in short order, frankly, to...